First report of maggots of family Piophilidae recovered from human cadavers in Malaysia.
Piophila casei (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Piophilidae) is reported from human cadavers in two separate forensic cases for the first time in Malaysia. Both bodies were found indoors. The first case, was that of a male of unknown nationality and age and also contained maggots of the muscid Ophyra spinigera (Stein). The second case was a female Chinese whose body also contained other species of maggots but these were not identifiable.
Nazni
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Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Institute For Medical Research, Jalan Pahang 50588, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. nazni@imr.gov.my
Jeffery
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Sa'diyah
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Noorjuliana
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Chen
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Rohayu
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Hafizam
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Lee
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D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004772:Entomology; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male